Cybersecurity Starts in the Boardroom
The Tor browser has been built to improve the privacy of internet users. The US State Department had a hand in supporting the development of the browser (Foreign Policy 2013), as a tool for activists whose goals, it believed, aligned with those of the USA. Of course any activist, of …
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Old software that does exactly what you want, in the way you like to do it is everywhere – I am still using a copy of Paint Shop Pro v7.04 from 2000! But what happens when that legacy software or hardware is part of vital infrastructure or other systems? Bruce …
NSO Group is the company that sells Pegasus – a commercially available spyware package. NSO Group and Pegasus are regularly featured here: Click here for the Pegasus articles Apple sues NSO Group to curb the abuse of state-sponsored spyware – Apple (UK) The Apple press release states that the action …
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The FBI has reported scams being run involving victims transferring money from their accounts having been provided with a QR code by the scammers to facilitate the transfer. To their crypto-currency wallets. https://www.ic3.gov/Media/Y2021/PSA211104 This was reported by Bruce Schneier. Wire Fraud Scam Upgraded with Bitcoin – Bruce Schneier Just make …
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If you use Microsoft Edge – Read This Bruce Schneier has a short article on what is happening to bookmarks, passwords or other personal information you have saved in Microsoft Edge. Is Microsoft Stealing People’s Bookmarks? – Bruce Schneier When I get back from leave next week I am going …
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